We’re into round five of the Shute Shield and as always the phone has been ringing hot with all the news and views from the greatest club competition in Australia. Here’s what we are hearing:

Derbies are a huge part of the Shute Shield - last weekend we had the battle of the east between Randwick and the Beasties, in Round One there was the Two Blues v West Harbour and this weekend there is Norths v Gordon at North Sydney Oval.

Lots of words have been exchanged over the years and as we all know the battle of beaches between Warringah and Manly has turned into a business model on it’s own.